ght, raised a loud shout, and charged
the enemy at a run. The Persian array met them front to front, and an
obstinate battle took place, in which many distinguished Athenians
fell. At length the Persians were defeated with great slaughter, and
the Athenians gained an immense booty from the plunder of the tents
and the bodies of the slain.

Kimon, having thus, like a well-trained athlete at the games, carried
off two victories in one day, surpassing that of Salamis by sea, and
that of Plataea by land, proceeded to improve his success by attacking
the Phoenician ships also. Hearing that they were at Hydrum, he sailed
thither in haste, before any news had reached the Phoenicians about the
defeat of their main body, so that they were in anxious suspense, and
on the approach of the Athenians were seized with a sudden panic. All
their ships were destroyed, and nearly all their crews perished with
them. This blow so humbled the pride of the king of Persia, that he
afterwards signed that famous treaty in which he engaged not to
approach nearer to the Greek seas than a horseman could ride in one
day, and not to allow a single one of his ships of war to appear
between the Kyanean[312] and Chelidonian Islands. Yet the historian
Kallisthenes tells us that the Persians never made a treaty to this
effect, but that they acted thus in consequence of the terror which
Kimon had inspired by his victory; and that they removed so far from
Greece, that Perikles with fifty ships, and Ephialtes with only
thirty, sailed far beyond the Chelidonian Islands and never met with
any Persian vessels. However, in the collection of Athenian decrees
made by Kraterus, there is a copy of the articles of this treaty,
which he mentions as though it really existed. It is said that on this
occasion the Athenians erected an altar to Peace, and paid great
honours to Kallias, who negotiated the treaty. So much money was
raised by the sale of the captives and spoils taken in the war, that
besides what was reserved for other occasions, the Athenians were able
to build the wall on the south side of the Acropolis from the treasure
gained in this campaign. We are also told that at this time the
foundations of the Long Walls were laid. These walls, which were also
called the Legs, were finished afterwards, but the foundations, which
had to be carried over marshy places, were securely laid, the marsh
being filled up with chalk and large stones, entirely at Kimon's
expe